騎き虎こ

noun

riding a tiger

Literary noun, almost exclusively used in the idiom 騎虎の勢い (きこのいきおい), meaning 'having no choice but to continue once started' (like riding a tiger and being unable to dismount).

See also: 騎虎の勢い

• 「騎き虎この勢いきおい」ということわざがある。

  There is a proverb, 'riding a tiger's momentum' (meaning once you start, you cannot stop).